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Old 07-09-2012, 20:26
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I have an iPhone 4s on a orange contract and have been for 7 months I would like to unlock it to put my works sim in which is on Vodafone I spoke to orange and they say they want £20 to do it! I find this totally unacceptable is there another way?
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Old 07-09-2012, 20:31
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I have an iPhone 4s on a orange contract and have been for 7 months I would like to unlock it to put my works sim in which is on Vodafone I spoke to orange and they say they want £20 to do it! I find this totally unacceptable is there another way?
Best way is through your network. ie pay Orange.
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Old 07-09-2012, 20:31
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The only official way to unlock an iPhone is to have the IMEI put onto Apple's unlocked handset master list, which only networks have access to.

The only other way to unlock it is to jailbreak the handset.
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Old 07-09-2012, 20:42
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Spend the £20 to unlock it and claim it back on your expenses , sorted

Oh wait, I find that totally unacceptable
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Old 07-09-2012, 21:00
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You cant unlock a 4S with a jailbreak your only option is Orange.
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Old 07-09-2012, 21:05
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So I pay orange £30+ a month and they still want there £20 for sticking a number on a list
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Old 07-09-2012, 23:32
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You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee
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Old 07-09-2012, 23:35
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You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee
This is nothing to do with apple and down to individual networks unlocking policies.

O2 will happily unlock iPhones (or indeed any other phone) bought on pay monthly for free. Orange however will charge a fee. As will 3. Can't speak for t-mobile or Vodafone
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Old 07-09-2012, 23:51
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Networks can charge whatever they want to unlock the phone. Just by the fact you want to unlock, they will assume you plan on leaving them and taking your money with you so they will charge you for it.

Even if you just plan to sell the phone and get another contract with them, they will still end up subsidising your new phone so again they are more than happy to charge you.

There is no way round it, you can either pay what their asking or keep your phone locked.
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Old 07-09-2012, 23:52
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You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee
Actually, if you took your own advice and did a little research you'd have found out that Apple used to refuse to let networks charge an unlocking fee. They only stopped this because some networks were getting very whingey about it.

You would also have found out that Orange charge to unlock all handsets.
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Old 08-09-2012, 00:56
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I unlocked mines with T-Mobile and it was £15
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Old 10-09-2012, 08:59
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just pay the money....jailbreaking and unlocking is hard work as if you upgrade your lose the unlock and as there is no unlock for lastest iphone IOS you are stuffed
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Old 10-09-2012, 09:07
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Echoing what others have said, considering the cost of the phone should you brick it...pay the £20 and get that warm fuzzy feeling it will be ok
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Old 10-09-2012, 10:22
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Actually, if you took your own advice and did a little research you'd have found out that Apple used to refuse to let networks charge an unlocking fee. They only stopped this because some networks were getting very whingey about it.

You would also have found out that Orange charge to unlock all handsets.
Some networks charge, some don't. O2 unlocked both my current and previous models for free.
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Old 10-09-2012, 10:38
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When i gave my mum my 3gs hanset which was Vodafone and my mum was on Orange They just told me to pop the orange sim in it and plug it in to itunes and do an update, It worked i remember we had to ask vodafone and wait 24 hours i think

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Old 10-09-2012, 13:07
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You bought an iPhone. Do the research. apple only care about the money. Hence why you're paying lots per month and have to pay an unlock fee
I remember paying Orange £20 to unlock a Nokia a few years ago (this was in the BB5 era when you couldn't use an online code generator and I don't think anyone had yet invented hardware for the market stall types to use). Before Apple had even thought of making a mobile phone.

It's nothing to do with Apple, as others have said the likes of Vodafone unlock their iPhones for free.

Out of interest, does Apple track who has what handset? Can you get Vodafone to unlock an Orange iPhone for example?
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